Fish production last year grew by 8%, with farmed shrimp products having the largest increase. Foreign sales of fish, shrimp, shellfish and lobsters reported a 28% increase compared to 2012, going from $192 million to $246 million at the end of 2013, according to statistics from the Center for Exports.

According to Armando Segura, director of the Chamber of Fisheries in Nicaragua, "over 90 % of fish production goes to the export market. Last year just over 83 million pounds were consumed, while nationally only 8.3 million pounds was consumed".

" ... In the country there is not a lot of culture of eating seafood and secondly there is the influence of international prices, which are much better than the domestic prices."

Source: elnuevodiario.com.ni

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